Lead Enterprise‑Scale SAFe® Transformations as an SPC

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SPC role, value proposition and core responsibilities

Change agent mindset, behaviors and SPC competency expectations

Why transformations fail – cultural vs technical challenges, leadership misalignment

Success factors – applying Kotter, building urgency and coalitions, quick wins, communication

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Executive training strategy – briefings, commitment, ROI and alignment

Training managers and teams – rollout sequencing and virtual considerations

Adult learning principles and experiential learning techniques

Engaging diverse learning styles and managing difficult participants

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LACE purpose, charter, mission and governance model

LACE vs traditional PMO and hybrid models

LACE operations – training, coaching, ART launch support, metrics, CoPs

Building internal capability – developing SPCs, RTEs and internal coaches

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Operational vs development value streams and mapping techniques

Facilitating value stream identification workshops and defining boundaries

ART design – sizing, organizing around value, team composition, dependency minimization

Geographic, supplier and organizational considerations in ART design

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SAFe Implementation Roadmap steps end‑to‑end

Change management with ADKAR – managing resistance and stakeholder engagement

Communication planning and adoption metrics

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ART readiness assessment – teams, backlog, tooling, stakeholders

Pre‑PI Planning – vision, roadmap, feature refinement, architecture runway

PI Planning logistics – physical/virtual setup, tools and coordination

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Advanced large‑group facilitation principles for PI Planning

Phase 1 – context, vision, architecture and team breakouts

Phase 2 – plan adjustments, PI Objectives, ROAM and confidence vote

End‑to‑end PI Planning simulation with role rotation (SPC, RTE, leaders, teams)

Real‑time facilitation practice and feedback

Handling common PI Planning challenges and anti‑patterns

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Executive coaching fundamentals – building trust and credibility

Leadership challenges – letting go of command‑and‑control, product vs project mindset

Maintaining executive sponsorship – rituals, dashboards, value communication

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RTE development and coaching – competencies, challenges and community

Scrum Master coaching at scale – SM Syncs, anti‑patterns, ART‑level thinking

Team coaching in SAFe – observing dynamics, retrospective coaching and self‑organization

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Coaching PO/PMs on feature‑to‑story decomposition and scaled backlog management

Stakeholder management and value maximization at scale

Building product management capability – data‑driven decisions and experimentation

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Measuring transformation success – business agility and flow metrics across SAFe dimensions

Continuous improvement at scale – Inspect & Adapt, IP iteration, CoPs, improvement backlog

Handling transformation challenges – middle management resistance, “Agile in name only”, technical debt

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Implementing LPM – strategy & investment funding, portfolio operations, lean governance

Portfolio Kanban, lean budgets, guardrails and epic funding

Value stream funding, capacity allocation and portfolio performance measures

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Large Solution context – when it applies and Solution Train structure

Solution Train roles and supplier coordination

Solution Train events – pre/post‑PI Planning, Solution Demo and Solution I&A

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SPC trainer competencies – trainer vs facilitator vs coach

Licensed courses – Leading SAFe, SSM, SAFe POPM, SAFe for Teams and more

Co‑teaching models and teaching readiness

Course delivery excellence – storytelling, exercises, Q&A, virtual mastery

Building your training practice and leveraging the SAFe community

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SPC exam overview – structure, format, passing criteria and strategy

Comprehensive knowledge review – roadmap, principles, ART events, LPM, coaching

Study plan, reference materials, practice assessments and scheduling tips